Vit Kopriva def. Ignacio Buse 7-5, 6-1 — Mallorca Championships 2026 R16

Match recap

Vit Kopriva defeated Ignacio Buse 7-5, 6-1 in the R16 of the Mallorca Championships 2026.

Vit Kopriva, ranked #64, ran the higher-ranked Ignacio Buse off the Mallorca grass 7-5, 6-1, converting five of nine break points to Buse's two of seven. The first set turned on game 11, where Kopriva broke for 6-5 after the pair traded back-to-back breaks in games 8 and 10. Buse, fresh off a three-set scalp of Tsitsipas, won just 39% of his second-serve points and folded in the second, broken in games 3 and 5 as Kopriva climbed to 78% on first serves. Their first meeting, first on grass.

Match stats

Vit Kopriva: 1 ace, 0 winners, 63% first serves, 5 double faults, 6/10 break points. Ignacio Buse: 4 aces, 0 winners, 61% first serves, 4 double faults, 2/7 break points.

Profiles: Vit Kopriva · Ignacio Buse — Mallorca Championships 2026

Head-to-head

Vit Kopriva and Ignacio Buse have met 2 times, splitting the head-to-head 1–1.

• Austrian Open Kitzbühel 2026 R32 — Ignacio Buse won 7-5, 6(3)-7(7), 6-1